Unlike Chen Yannian and Wang Xian, the two veterans, Lin Huaiwu and Ye Mingsheng were born in the Zhaowu camp and had the same background. Kong Ruian was Ye Mingsheng's friend for many years. These two were Ye Mingsheng's confidants in the army. Ye Mingsheng followed his orders immediately.
In addition to these four people, there were several others in the camp who stood respectfully aside.
When everyone in the camp came in with Ye Mingsheng and his soldiers, they naturally stood up to greet him and said hello to Ye Mingsheng together. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng forced a smile on his face and nodded to everyone.
After seeing the ceremony, Ye Mingsheng looked around at everyone in the camp. When he saw that everyone who was supposed to come had arrived, he looked at Chen Yannian, who was sitting first on his left, and asked, "Master Chen, how is the current situation?" '
Regarding Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Chen Yannian was already prepared and immediately said with his hands raised;
"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, I have already interrogated the returned scout. According to his story, it has been determined that the bandit Heishan Feng who is entrenched in Dahu Mountain has not been plundering in the countryside recently, but their number has increased from a thousand. , expanded to about two thousand people, and they are all young adults!"
"In addition, they are also equipped with a lot of armor, crossbows, three-eyed guns, squatting tiger cannons and other firearms, and it seems that there are dedicated people training them!"
As soon as Chen Yannian said this, the military attaches at all levels in the account who did not know the specific situation suddenly became uproar and began to whisper.
Bandits and caravans are not uncommon in Gongdu. Even before the war, many farmers in the Gongdu Kingdom were forced to have no other choice because of excessive land annexation and high tax burdens. He went up the mountain to become a bandit, put his head in his belt, and started a business with no capital, not to mention the current war situation?
Even in Ruishan County, where Ye Mingsheng's troops are stationed, Ye Mingsheng can only guarantee the security around the county. As for the towns and villages under the jurisdiction of Ruishan County, he is powerless, and in these areas he cannot take care of. There are at least three or four groups in each locality that are causing harm to the bandits in the countryside.
Although bandits are not rare, it is very rare for people like Heishan Feng to reach the level of 2,000. After all, looking at the bandits in the entire palace, although there are many, most of them are less than 1,000.
However, although the number of people in Heishanfeng is quite large, even more than twice that of Ye Mingsheng's troops, it is not enough to surprise the military attachés under Ye Mingsheng. After all, no matter how many bandits there are, they are still Bandits, in front of these elite Zhou Forbidden Army, the only thing they can do is escape!
What really caused everyone to be in such an uproar was what Chen Yannian said later. This group of bandits called Heishan Feng was actually being trained by someone, and they also had armor, crossbows, and the most deadly firearms, the three-eyed blunderbuss and the tiger gun. Crouching gun!
Although armor and bows and crossbows are non-military items in the palace and are not allowed to be held privately, war broke out in the palace after all, and there were a large number of deserters scattered among the people, so it is not difficult to explain that the bandits mastered these things.
However, the three-eyed blunderbuss and the squatting tiger cannon are firearms only equipped by the Imperial Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Every one of them is recorded in the Ministry of War and the Imperial Army, and has never been leaked. How did these bandits master it? ?
What's more, from Chen Yannian's words, it seems that someone is training these bandits to use firearms, which is simply appalling! !
Although the contact time was short, Ye Mingsheng also understood that Chen Yannian was a mature and prudent man and would never lie about military information to deceive himself and his colleagues here. However, the matter was so important that he couldn't help but confirm to him:
"Master Chen, is this news true?"
"Tell your lord, the returned scout is outside. You can go and question him personally." Chen Yannian said expressionlessly:
Ye Mingsheng was really hesitant when he heard this, but he still waved his hand and said: "No, I can trust Mr. Chen!"
Although the original owner had no ability to march and fight, he still had some self-awareness. After discovering that his ability was mediocre and that he could not even defeat bandits, he relied heavily on the experienced Chen Yannian in fighting.
And Chen Yannian did not disappoint. With the help of this old team, Ye Mingsheng's battalion successfully repelled the intrusions of small groups of Luobi cavalry on the Ruishan County section of the army's supply line ahead many times, and accomplished an outstanding job. The tasks assigned by above···············
As for Ye Mingsheng, he is also very self-aware. As a hard-working coder, it is okay if you let him talk about war on paper, but it will be difficult if you let him command the war. So now Ye Mingsheng relies on Chen Yannian. Increases rather than decreases.
What's more, in the next actions, Ye Mingsheng will count on Chen Yannian to fight to the death for him and defend Ruishan County.
Therefore, at this juncture, Ye Mingsheng mainly focused on wooing Chen Yannian, and absolutely could not hate him.
So now that Chen Yannian was so sure of what he said and summoned the scouts in front of everyone, didn't he just show that he didn't trust Chen Yannian and humiliate him in public, making it impossible for him to step down?
Sure enough, as soon as Ye Mingsheng said this, the expressionless Chen Yannian didn't say anything, but his expression softened a lot.
At this moment, Wang Xian, who was standing next to Chen Yannian, stood up, cupped his hands towards Ye Mingsheng, and said angrily: "This Black Mountain style is different from other bandits. Please lead your troops to destroy them immediately. I will be the vanguard." !”
Before Wang Xian finished speaking, Lin Huaiwu, who was Ye Mingsheng's confidant, stood up unwilling to be outdone and also asked Ye Mingsheng for help:
"I am willing to serve as a vanguard despite my humble position. I only need 500 soldiers and horses. I will be able to defeat the enemy in one battle and wipe out all these bandits!"
Hearing that Lin Huaiwu wanted to compete with him for the vanguard position, Wang Xian couldn't help but glared at Lin Huaiwu. Lin Huaiwu, a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, immediately stared back without the slightest fear. The two of them had some festivities themselves, so now they had no scruples.
Seeing these two people vying to be the vanguard here, as if they expected to send troops, Ye Mingsheng felt a little headache, and then said to Xini: "Master Wang is getting stronger with age, Huaiwu is also a young hero, and they are the pillars of our department. However, on the issue of sending troops to suppress bandits, it won’t be too late to make a decision after everyone has discussed it, so don’t be impatient!”
When Lin Huaiwu and Wang Xian heard what Ye Mingsheng said, they both understood that they were asking for trouble, so they handed over their hands to Ye Mingsheng and stood back. However, the two people on the bar stepped back. When they came, they didn’t forget to glare at each other again.
